They're Coming To See & You're Running To Hide

[redbrunja]

Last night mom was watching one of those uber-depressing English crime drama (no one does grimy and gray like the English) and one of the actors had the exact same accent as Alan Rickman. My mom said that was the Eton, utter class accent - is it? Is that what you call Alan Rickman's voice (besides Teh Sex)?

ON A COMPLETELY UNRELATED NOTE I have been craving Snape fic since I watched HBP. Does anyone have any recs? I like gen, Snape/Lily and Snape/Hermione (I don't want to hear it, okay?)

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[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I've done that with friends - sometimes it's really fun to be around people with whom you can be hanging out and doing different things at the same time.

I really like the part where he discovers Snape is the father and then when he confronts him. The only thing I didn't really like when I first read it was the part at the end with the Weasley twins but it made more sense to me on the second reading.

*nods* All the Draco and Snape interactions were excellent, and I liked the confrontation as well. One of the things that bugged me was Lupin's characterization, actually. I could tell the author didn't really like him, and while that was in-character for Snape, it wasn't so much for Hermione, with her pleasant experiences of him as a teacher and her respect for authority figures in general. I could tell the author wasn't a big fan of Ron, but a.) I like Ron less than Lupin in general so it bugged me less and b.) I think the type of story she was telling nessecitated him to be painted in a more flattering light than she needed to do with Lupin, if that makes sense.

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

So I just reread it for probably the third time and I can't believe I didn't notice all the Lupin!hate the first couple times. Holy crap, the author is obviously not a fan! Even at the end McG is all, "Yeah, I'm going to replace him for no reason other than he is annoying." I understand the Snape annoyance but not the stuff coming from the Gryffindor characters.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I know! It was on the second reread that I caught McGonagall firing Lupin for being annoying.

I mean, I don't think the author likes Ron that much either, but she at least gives him a fair shake. She just hates hates hates on Lupin, even from characters it doesn't make sense from.

And Lupin was a really good DADA teacher, even if his emphasis wasn't on curses.